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Commissioners decline Riley County request to fund childcare licensing, say state (KDHE) responsible under KSA 65-501
Summary
Riley County asked Dickinson County to share costs of providing state-mandated childcare licensing; Dickinson County officials said the state, not the county, should fund the service and recommended denying Riley County's request.
Dickinson County officials told county commissioners they will not accept a request from Riley County to fund childcare licensing inspections and oversight in Dickinson County.
County staff described the origins of the issue: counties previously provided childcare licensing services on behalf of the state but that practice was returned to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) beginning in 2015. Riley County subsequently agreed to perform licensing work for several neighboring counties, and it now says the state stipend it…
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